ACT Bargaining Team
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Bargaining UPDATEs
The district has the ability to honor all of our bargaining requests. To do so they need to Shift their priorities.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPRESS YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THE CHILDREN IN cusd?
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alexia.palacios-peters@coronadousd.net
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scot.youngblood@coronadousd.net
whitney.antrim@coronadousd.net
renee.cavanaugh@coronadousd.net
Next Bargaining Date is Tuesday, May 7th 12:30 am - 3:00 pm UPDATE-the district is refusing to meet with us on this prearranged date despite our requests to meet on the date as scheduled!
Please note:
Educational Employment Relations Act, Section 3543.7
“3543.7. Duty to meet and negotiate in good faith; time
The duty to meet and negotiate in good faith requires the parties to begin negotiations prior to the adoption of the final budget for the ensuing year sufficiently in advance of such adoption date so that there is adequate time for agreement to be reached, or for the resolution of an impasse.”
April 30th Bargaining Update:
The district proposed that if ACT agrees to cut our own members' positions who teach elementary PE, then CUSD would increase our rate of pay by 3%. This means that elementary classroom teachers would have to teach PE to the students in their class in lieu of having a prep time at the current time; prep time could be at the end of the day after students depart. This is an example of the ridiculousness that was present in all of the proposals from the district today. The ACT bargaining team will never agree to anything as ridiculous as this. This is not what is best for students!
In addition to the ridiculous items proposed by CUSD, here's what they said to us...
1) The district WON'T place educators appropriately on the pay scale if the educator is getting paid for fewer than actual years in the profession. Please know that other districts have agreed to do this.
2) The district said NO to a $2,000 Mater's degree stipend for members in Range 4 and under.
3) The district said NO to increasing our non per diem hourly rate. Please note that our rate is the same as the advertised rate for a manager at Panda Express, this position does not have an education requirement.
4) The district said NO to paying 100% of the two party insurance plan- this is district paid health insurance. Please know that other districts have agreed to do this.
5) The district said NO to paying 75% instead of 65% of the family plan- district paid health insurance. Please know that other districts pay 100%.
We are still fighting for ALL of the above.
The district states they want to recruit and retain qualified educators. Their actions DO NOT support their words.
April 12th Bargaining Update:
1) Budget discussion with the District
2) CUSD was supposed to make counter proposals from our last meeting, but they said they were reverting to their initial proposals
3) After the budget discussion, ACT made a variety of concessions in counter proposals to CUSD, including
-Class Size
-Better Health Benefits for Families and Employee Plus One
-Health Care Proration for Part Time Employees
-Early Retirement Health Benefits
-Increase Frequency of Sabbaticals
4) CUSD stuck to their initial proposals with no movement
5) ACT’s initial Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) proposal was 11% (based upon state average data). CUSD’s initial proposal was 0.76%. ACT countered with 10% and CUSD stuck with 0.76%.
6) The calendar for 2024-2025 was agreed upon.
March 26th Bargaining Update:
1) Financial presentation by Donnie Salamanca
March 18th update from the bargaining table:
1) ACT presented all sunshine articles (list below)
2) District proposed changes to articles 17, 20, 23 (pulled back on two other articles 15, 18)
Sunshined Articles
In keeping with this mission, the Association is opening the following articles of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for negotiations in order to attract and retain the best educators for our students and to enhance, clarify, and add to the language:
- Article 3 Definitions
- Article 6 Non-Discrimination
- Article 10 Grievance Procedure
- Article 15 Unit Member Hours and Adjunct Duties
- Article 16 Safety Conditions of Employment
- Article 17 Leaves
- Article 18 Health and Welfare
- Article 19 Salary
- Article 20 Class Size
- Article 23 Calendar
- Appendix A Extended Day
- Article 10 Grievance Procedure
- Article 13 Transfer and Reassignment
- Article 14 Evaluation Procedure
- Article 15 Unit Member Hours and Adjunct Duties
- Article 16 Safety Conditions of Employment
- Article 17 Leaves
- Article 18 Health and Welfare
- Article 19 Salary
- Article 21 California and Federal Law Regarding Special Education
- Article 22 Just Cause Discipline
- Article 21 California and Federal Law Regarding Special Education
- Article 21 MOU
Trying to get to the table
Previous Updates:
- 02/29/24 On February 28, ACT, once again, ask the district to provide possible bargaining dates as they have yet to receive any since the district proposal of March 8, which would not work for our CTA staffer.
- 02/22/24 The district has cancelled our bargaining session on March 5th. They offered March 8th but our staff person is not available that day. We have asked the district to send multiple dates to us that they are available. More as we know it.
- Out of three days we proposed to the district, the district agreed to 1/2 day PM on March 5th.
- We now have been told that the district may have to reschedule the March 5th meeting.
- They say they will propose more dates, but have yet to do so.
- After multiple requests, we now have been notified who is on the district bargaining team: Donnie Salamanca, Brooke Falar, Megan Battle, Angelica Paredes, Jordan Bilbeisi, the District’s attorney, and Donna Tripi.
- As a reminder, each side proposed multiple articles to discuss